Recent content by miketedesco

What time are you thinking friday? Are you going to be around in the afternoon?

I'd definately be in for a hop buy. One variety I'd really like to see (which is almost impossible to find anyway) is citra. If you started it now, by the time money was due it would be early April anyway.

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Tom, I'm in for 2 sacks of CM-2Row. I just sent you a PM with my info. Thanks.

So I used it for the first time. I did have to adjust the gap but no big deal. My one issue I did have is that my base is upside down. The square poution should be on the other side. The way it is now it is prone to tipping while milling (and I did spill about 3 lbs all over my garage floor...

Yes I'd say the hopper holds 7 lbs. That's unfortunate that it was backwards. I was actually thinking about reversing mine so it's more stable with my cordless drill hanging off of it. I am soon hoping to add a motor to it anyway so I'll have to make some modifications anyway.

A friend of mine had a crankandstein which I have used many times with my dewalt cordless and it worked great. For the $90 I spent it looks to be a really good investment. I see no reason it shouldn't hold up well for the batch a month I usually brew.

Back in dec I preordered a cereal killer from adventures in homebrew. Mine came yesterday so I figured I'd post my observations. I had watched the old thread on this thing but nothing since the new batch shipped. I have not used mine yet so keep that in mind. First, there is an oring on one...

I recently soda smoked black ipa (and am drinking one as I type). My grain bill was (5 gal): 12 lb 2-row 1 lb crystal 60 1 lb carafa iii 1 lb smoked malt My hop bill was. 7.5 oz variety of chinook (bittering), simcoe and Amarillo. I know I am bias but I think it's pretty good.

Oh yeah. 5 gal batch. 5 gal mash at 156 (60 min) 4 gal sparge at 172 60 min total boil I am not too sure on these numbers, but thought I'd give it a whirl. I am not using any brewing software yet. I cheated a little with brewmasters brewbuilder to help get my alcohol and ibu where I wanted them.

So I have been lurking around for a little bit, gotten a few recipes from on here and currently have my 4th batch of AG fermenting now. A good friend has been helping me out as well getting started. This is my first attempt at my own recipe, and at a clone. I am trying to clone my favorite...